2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw ten teams competing for places in the finals in South Africa. The format is identical to that used for the previous three World Cup qualification tournaments held by CONMEBOL. Matches were scheduled so that there were always two games within a week, which was aimed at minimizing player travel time, particularly for players who were based in Europe.
The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fifth-placed team met the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup.
Standings
On 24 November 2008, FIFA suspended the Peruvian Football Federation from all international competition due to governmental interference in its operations. The suspension was lifted on 20 December 2008.
Results
The round-by-round fixtures were same as the 2002 and 2006 qualifying tournament.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Inter-confederation play-offs
The team from fourth place in the CONCACAF qualifying fourth round (Costa Rica) entered into a home and away play-off against the team which finished fifth in the CONMEBOL qualifying group (Uruguay). The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.
Qualified teams
The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 234 goals scored in 92 games, including three own goals, for an average of 2.54 goals per game (Costa Rica's single goal in the inter-confederation play-offs not included).
10 goals
Humberto Suazo
9 goals
Luís Fabiano
8 goals
Joaquín Botero
7 goals
Marcelo Moreno
Diego Forlán
6 goals
Salvador Cabañas
Sebastián Abreu
Giancarlo Maldonado
5 goals
Kaká
Nilmar
Nelson Valdez
Luis Suárez
4 goals
Sergio Agüero
Lionel Messi
Juan Román Riquelme
Robinho
Matías Fernández
Édison Méndez
Carlos Bueno
Diego Lugano
3 goals
Alexis Sánchez
Jackson Martínez
Walter Ayoví
Christian Benítez
Cristian Riveros
Roque Santa Cruz
Johan Fano
Juan Arango
Miku
José Manuel Rey
2 goals
Ronald García
Júlio Baptista
Gonzalo Jara
Gary Medel
Fabián Orellana
Marcelo Salas
Rubén Darío Bustos
Hugo Rodallega
Iván Kaviedes
Christian Noboa
Antonio Valencia
Óscar Cardozo
Paulo da Silva
Hernán Rengifo
Juan Manuel Vargas
Sebastián Eguren
Daniel Arismendi
Ronald Vargas
1 goal
Mario Bolatti
Esteban Cambiasso
Jesús Dátolo
Daniel Díaz
Lucho González
Gonzalo Higuaín
Gabriel Milito
Rodrigo Palacio
Martín Palermo
Maxi Rodríguez
Carlos Tevez
Juan Carlos Arce
Álex da Rosa
Edgar Rolando Olivares
Didi Torrico
Gerardo Yecerotte
Adriano
Dani Alves
Elano
Felipe Melo
Juan
Luisão
Ronaldinho
Vágner Love
Jean Beausejour
Marco Estrada
Ismael Fuentes
Rodrigo Millar
Waldo Ponce
Jorge Valdivia
Arturo Vidal
Radamel Falcao
Teófilo Gutiérrez
Dayro Moreno
Giovanni Moreno
Adrián Ramos
Wason Rentería
Macnelly Torres
Felipe Caicedo
Isaac Mina
Jefferson Montero
Pablo Palacios
Carlos Tenorio
Patricio Urrutia
Néstor Ayala
Édgar Benítez
Piero Alva
Juan Carlos Mariño
Andrés Mendoza
Vicente Sánchez
Andrés Scotti
Alejandro Guerra
Alejandro Moreno
Alexander Rondón
1 own goal
Gabriel Heinze (against Paraguay)
Ronald Rivero (against Venezuela)
Juan Fuenmayor (against Peru)
* FIFA.com: Scorer stats
Notes
This was the first time that Argentina lost more than 2 or 4 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) or runner-up (2nd) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification.
References
External links
South America Zone at FIFA.com
FIFA and CONMEBOL agree preliminary competition format and venues
FIFA and CONMEBOL caution and ejection statistics
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